When will Sg govt. repent and compensate politicians for wrongful jailing

[Leepotism]

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KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia, in a rare out-of-court settlement, agreed Tuesday to pay an opposition lawmaker and five others US$63,000 (S$ 78,721) after they were detained under a tough security law two years ago.


The six members of the Socialist Party of Malaysia were arrested in 2011 and imprisoned for almost a month under the Emergency Ordinance which allowed detention without trial, before a mass rally for electoral reforms.


Choo Chon Kai, one of those detained, said the government agreed to pay damages totalling 200,000 ringgit (US$63,000) in return for the dropping of a civil lawsuit filed last year for wrongful arrest and detention.


Prime Minister Najib Razak's government scrapped the Emergency Ordinance and other tough security laws in December 2011 following criticism that they were abused to silence dissent.


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[Leongsam]

There has been no wrongful jailing of any Singapore politician.

All those who were jailed deserved their fate as they were a threat to National Security at the time of their detention.

 

[Leepotism]

Internal Security (Act/Dept), Singapore's Human Rights
Ex-ISA detainee’s lawsuit against Singapore Govt thrown out by High Court

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See my posts here and here about Michael Fernandez’s lawsuit against the Government. Read also these reports

Ex-ISA detainee’s suits thrown out

He started legal action against Govt for alleged torture, unlawful detention
By Tessa Wong, Feb 19, 2011

A LAWSUIT brought against the Government by a former detainee for alleged torture was thrown out of court, the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) told The Straits Times yesterday.

Also struck out by the High Court was a related suit claiming unlawful detention.
The lawsuits were brought by Mr Michael Fernandez, 77, a leftist unionist who was detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) from 1964 to 1973.

He initiated legal action last December, naming the Attorney-General, the legal representative of the Government, as the defendant.
This was followed a month later by a second suit claiming that a portion of his detention was unlawful.
The AGC applied to strike out the cases, arguing that they disclosed no reasonable cause, and were frivolous and vexatious and an abuse of court process.

Mr Fernandez was a trade unionist who, among other things, led a month-long strike involving 11,000 workers in October 1963. He was detained under the ISA the following year.

The Government accused him of being a member of the Communist United Front. He has denied the accusation, saying he was only a workers’ rights activist.

In his writ, he alleged that during his detention, he was force-fed, manhandled, deprived of sleep, and made to live in conditions that were ‘not humanely habitable’, among other things. He claimed unspecified damages.

He filed a similar lawsuit against the Malaysian government, which is still pending. At the time of his arrest in September 1964, Singapore was part of Malaysia. Singapore left Malaysia in August 1965.

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[The_Hypocrite]

Wat about compensating the people for their fuck up policies?

 

[I_Hate_Pappies]

You want them to admit their wrongdoings?

 

[Leongsam]

Wat about compensating the people for their fuck up policies?

How about paying the government a bonus of the huge number of excellent policies they have introduced.

 

[The_Hypocrite]

More like over paying pappies for the Fuck Ups,,,

How about paying the government a bonus of the huge number of excellent policies they have introduced.